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A retro problem (fedia.io)

submitted 7 months ago by Maven@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 182 points 7 months ago

Left side: Unscrews from the standoff. Right side: Unscrews the standoff from the IO plate.

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 7 months ago

Every fucking time. Why do I keep buying monitors with a VGA 🤣😭

[-] alefunguju@lemmy.one 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

But seriously, why would you buy a VGA monitor in 2024?

(Edit: typo)

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Fighting games and the absolutely lowest possible video latency with the tech available. VGA puts you literally a frame or two ahead of the opponent. For players at their peak, this is a pretty big advantage.

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Dont think the best vga monitors will beat current oleds in response times.

Using a gpu that still has vga will be a problem as well.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Apologies, I should have clarified. VGA plus CRT. I only ever used VGA with LED panels for a very short time, so I tend to conflate all the old tech as a package deal.

[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago

They're just so cheap at goodwill :(

[-] SeekPie@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

I got 4 1680x1050 monitors for 5€ each like 5 years ago and they're still working perfectly fine

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cheap multi monitor setup gang here we go

[-] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

I wonder if I can get an adapter to mount an old massive CRT to a monitor arm, and if any monitor arm has pistons that can support the thing in the first place.

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Undermount and passive hydraulic arm will do the job, i think, as fellow crt enjoyer i approve of your idea, i have 32 inch crt tv stored, waiting for ps3 and Xbox 360 to be bought

[-] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

Get some HDMI to VGA adapters, the kind that screw into the VGA port and then have an HDMI port. I have a bunch of old VGA monitors I use with Raspberry Pis and as test displays when working on PCs and never have to deal with the annoyances of VGA since they're basically HDMI displays now.